Since we last spoke the Big Red Family has continued to grow. We are happy to welcome Hayley, who joins us a Recruitment Consultant.
Hayley is rekindling her recruitment career after spending nearly 5 years in north eastern France running several successful businesses. Hayley is currently managing several high profile projects as well as looking [...]
Big Red Welcomes Hayley Rogers!
Big Red Welcomes Kam Khakh!
Our numbers have grown again at Big Red! We are happy to welcome Kam Khakh, who joins us a Business Development Consultant.
Kam has over 5 years experience working in business development and comes highly recommended by her peers. We are very much looking forward to Kam helping us develop new professional relationships across the midlands. [...]
Big Red Welcomes back Helen Atthowe!
Our numbers have grown again at Big Red! We are delighted to welcome back Helen Atthowe, who has come back to work for Big Red after nearly 2 years.
Helen worked for Big Red between 2007 and 2009; establishing relationships with many key clients we’re still doing business with today. Helen left Big Red to pursue [...]
All you need to know about Agency Worker Regulations
2011, while shaping up to be a buoyant year for the contract market, may also bring with it some unwelcomed changes for IT contractors and HR departments alike thanks to proposed changes in Agency Workers Regulations (AWR).
The decision to bring in new legislation is an EU directive designed to protect the more vulnerable, lower paid [...]
Software as a Service
Software is everywhere and changing all the time. Could 2011 be the year in which companies change the way in which Software is deployed?
Traditional commercial deployment of software is changing. For decades, companies have run off the shelf external software on their own internal infrastructure. The implication of this for SME’s could sometimes be time [...]
Happy New Year from Big Red Recruitment!
As we begin 2011 it’s a great time to reflect on the year that has gone by, and we at Big Red can’t help but be pleased with the growth that we have seen. Firstly there has been literal growth, we have taken on new members of the team, and moved to our new offices [...]
Skills Watch
• Programme Planning Manager – average Salary rise of +185 % on same period last year
• Lotus Notes Administrator – average Salary drop of – 69.09% on same period last year
• SQL Server – skill most in demand for the last 3 months
• Procurement Analyst – Lowest average salary for the last 3 months (£16,000)
• [...]
Big Red Nominated for Prestigious National Awards
Big Red Recruitment are thrilled to announce that they have once again been nominated for the National Jobsite RecruitRank Awards. Big Red have reached the top 10 finalists in the UK for the categories of Best Candidate Communications and Most Improved Recruiter.
These awards are extra special to Big Red as they are voted for by [...]
Big Red Welcomes Pete Jenkins
Our numbers have grown again at Big Red! We’re happy to welcome Pete Jenkins, who joins us as a Recruitment Consultant.
Pete joins Big Red having spent 11 years working in Engineering recruitment, and is excited about making the transition into IT. He lives in Leamington having recently proposed to his girlfirend Mez, and they hope to marry [...]
Impact of economic situation on Public Sector
Graham Miles, Operations Project manager for Warwickshire County Council gives us his views .
On Wednesday 20th October the government confirmed what had been expected, an average of 27% reduction in Local Government spending across the country. In February next year the full council of Warwickshire County Council are expected to confirm where the axe will [...]

